Faucet



(No Model.)

J. WESTERVELT.

PAUOET.

Patented Apr. 26, 1892.

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WITNESSES:" ---I NVENTOR ATTORNEYs C6,, puma-mam, was" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E.

JESSE \VESTERVELT, OF BUTLER, NEW JERSEY.

FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 47 3,600, dated April 26, 1892". Application filed November 28, 1891. Serial No. 413,392. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, J ESSE WEsTERVELT, a citizen of the United States, residing in Butler, county of'Morris, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Faucets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a faucet simple, durable, and cheap in construetion, and which will prevent the escape of liquid (beer or ale) while the faucet is being driven into the bung-hole of the barrel.

The invention consists in the improved faucet, the sliding sleeve arranged thereon, and the combination and arrangement of the various parts, substantially as will be hereinafter more fully described, and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a barrel with my improved faucet secured thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the faucet; and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View of Fig. 2, showing the position of the sleeve on the faucet before the latter is driven into the bung-hole.

In said drawings, a represents a barrel, with bottom I) and bun g-hole 0 arranged therein. To said bottom I) and surrounding the bung-hole is secured, by screws or in any desired manner, an internally-threaded Washer 01' plate d, with shoulder d. A sleeve or tube 9 is secured to the said plate by its threaded end g, and is also provided with a shoulder g adapted to rest on shoulder d of Washer (1 when in its normal position. The outer end of said sleeve is provided with a Wrench-hold g flattened on its end, as at g and also provided with an inwardly-extending shoulder 2'. Through said sleeve 9 passes the barrel f of faucet e, with conical and threaded end f and strainer f said barrel f being secured to 'then screwed home.

the body 6 by thread-connections or in any desired manner. The outer end of the faucet is provided with a square or hexagon head 9',

(integral therewith,) adapted to receive the blows of a hammer when driving the faucet into the bung hole, and also serves as a wrench-hold, if it is desired to screw the fancet in or out of said bung'hole. The faucetbarrelfis also provided with a shoulder h to correspond with shouldert' of sleeve g. Surrounding the barrel f and resting on shoulder h is a packing ring m, which makes the sleeve liquid-tight on said faucet-barrel.

In operation the plate or Washer cl is first secured to the barrel so as to surround the bung-hole, as shown in Fig. 1, and the sleeve, with its threaded end g, screwed tightly into the said plate. This position of the sleeve and faucet is illustrated in Fig. 3. The fancet is then driven into the bung-hole by means of a hammer or other suitable instrument striking on the fiat end 6 until the fancet-body e rests on the outer flattened end g of the sleeve g, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

If preferred, the faucet may be driven into the bung-hole a part of the way only, and By this arrangement the escape and waste of the liquid is prevented, as the sleeve or tube closely fits the barrel of the faucet, and the paeking-rin g m further assists in making a liquid-tight joint.

I do not intend to limit myself to the exact construction shown and described, as various changes may be made without changing the scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a faucet, the combination, with the body 6, of a barrel f, secured tosaid body and pro vided with a conical threaded portion f integral with said barrel, a strainer f arranged at the outer end of said threaded portion and integral therewith, a shoulder h, arranged on said barrel, a sleeve g, surrounding said barrel and provided with a threaded end g and at the other end with a wrench-hold g integral with said sleeve, an inwardly-extending shoulder 1', arranged on said sleeve, an internally-threaded washer or plate d, adapted to be secured to the outside of the barrel and surrounding the bung-hole and adapted to receive the threaded portion g of sleeve 9, said threaded end g of the sleeve g and said Washer or plate 61 being so arranged as not to enter the bung-hole or barrel when secured thereto, and a packing-ring arranged around the said barrel and between said shoulders h and '5, all said parts being arranged and adapted substantially as described, and for IO the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of November, 1891.

JESSE WESTERVELT.

\Vitnesses:

ALFRED GARTNER, ABRAHAM MANNERS. 

